Erin Keafer

Volunteering as a mentor for a newly resettled family began Erin's love of working with refugees.To expand her teaching experience in hopes of working professionally as a refugee English teacher, she served as an education and community development specialist for the Peace Corps in the country of Georgia. She worked at a public school, taught an advanced English class and a discussion course for government employees. She also worked with fellow Peace Corps volunteers to develop and implement a summer camp in a community of internally displaced survivors of war.

After returning to Nashville, she worked as an education and resettlement intern at the Nashville International Center for Empowerment while earning her Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Certificate from the Tennessee Language Center. Upon graduating, she began working as an English as a Second Language teacher for the ESL to Go program at TLC and the Center for Refugees & Immigrants of Tennessee.

She currently serves as a workgroup co-leader for GOAL Collective, a group of adult education providers working together to improve adult education access within Nashville. Erin also enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants and exploring nature. She is a graduate of Auburn University.